Compassvale Pearl’s housing story begins with a May 2008 launch record and continues through a contractor’s account of the project. The reported offer comprised 420 homes: 336 four-room and 84 five-room premium flats.
Wee Hur’s 2008 annual report identifies the project as Sengkang Neighbourhood 2 Contract 4. Its project portfolio later lists completion in 2011.
These dates describe different stages. A sales launch starts one part of the story; a construction record explains another. Neither tells us the exact day every household moved in.
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Begin with the history, explore the central idea, or follow a family learning activity.
1. Where the launch fits in the record
2. What a contractor’s report adds to local history
3. Worked example: an eighty–twenty flat mix
Contents
Four connected chapters
1. Where the launch fits in the record
2. What a contractor’s report adds to local history
Housing Map’s secondary index dates Compassvale Pearl’s launch to May 2008. A contemporary reproduced sales table and the contractor’s annual report agree on the 420-flat mix used here.
The annual report places the development among the company’s ongoing projects and gives May 2011 as its expected completion at the time. The later portfolio’s 2011 entry is a separate retrospective statement.
That is a useful way to build a timeline: pair the forecast with a later record, while keeping the two descriptions distinct.
Do not substitute the estimated-completion column in a launch index for a verified completion certificate. This article cites the contractor’s own project listing for its 2011 completion statement.
A launch account speaks mainly to prospective buyers. A contractor’s annual report looks at the same development as work to be delivered, using a project name, contract reference and housing mix.
Putting those viewpoints side by side helps children see why a neighbourhood has more than one paper trail. Different organisations keep records for different purposes.
Imagine planning a school exhibition. The invitation says when visitors can sign up; a work plan records who is building the displays; photographs later show the finished room. These documents overlap, but they do not answer identical questions.
The analogy is a learning aid, not a description of a particular HDB procedure. Its purpose is to make the distinction between an offer and a delivery record easier to understand.
Start by checking the reported total: 336 + 84 = 420. Divide each category by the total to find 336 ÷ 420 = 0.8 and 84 ÷ 420 = 0.2.
That gives 80% four-room and 20% five-room flats in the reported project mix. The ratio 336:84 simplifies to 4:1.
Represent the ratio with five equal boxes: shade four in one colour and one in another. Explain that each box represents a proportion of the total, not one actual block.
A precise sentence is: “Four-room flats formed 80% of the reported offer.” An unsupported sentence is: “80% of residents had the same household size.” The housing categories do not tell us that.
Ask the child to say what each number counts before starting the calculation. That habit prevents many errors long before arithmetic becomes difficult.
Use a current map to find the exact development before a visit. Do not confuse Compassvale Pearl with another place carrying “Pearl” in its name.
From permitted public or common areas, choose one shared-space feature to describe. Note how a path connects places or how a sign helps someone orient themselves, without entering homes or photographing private activity.
Keep a present-day observation separate from the 2008 offer and the contractor’s completion entry. The result is a small but honest before-and-after record.
Does the flat mix establish current population? No. Does a contractor’s completion year establish each household’s arrival date? No. Those are different questions.
The wider Compassvale guide is a useful next stop when you want to place this particular development within the neighbourhood rather than read it only as a set of housing figures.
Sources and evidence limits
Sources checked on 19 October 2026. Historical launch records, reports and reproductions do not establish present access, current sales arrangements or every household’s moving date. Source types are identified below.
Housing Map BTO index — secondary launch chronology
Wee Hur Annual Report 2008 — primary contractor account and reported flat mix
Wee Hur residential project portfolio — primary contractor completion listing
Contemporary reproduced May 2008 sales table — corroborating flat mix
The family activities and worked examples are original learning suggestions, not accounts of residents’ private lives. The featured classroom photograph illustrates eduKate’s learning context; it is not a photograph of the development.
